Tendulkar leads praise for India after Test fightback in England

India cricket fable Sachin Tendulkar is amongst those to heap praise connected the existent squad aft Test bid successful England.

A euphoric India heaped praises connected Shubman Gill and his men aft they pulled disconnected an edge-of-the-seat thriller astatine the Oval connected Monday to divided an all-time classical Test bid with England.

Odds were stacked against India successful their archetypal Test bid nether Gill, who inherited a squad depleted by the status of batting stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli – 2 men who preceded him successful that role.

As if the gaping holes successful their batting bid were not atrocious enough, seasoned seamer Mohammed Shami was deemed unfit for the tour, portion gait spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was disposable lone for 3 of the 5 Tests arsenic portion of his workload management.

Gill and his men went connected to grounds memorable victories astatine Edgbaston and the Oval to unafraid a 2-2 bid draw and guarantee their legions of fans that the aboriginal of Indian cricket was successful harmless hands.

The indefatigable Mohammed Siraj led their lion-hearted bowling effort successful the bid finale to publication a six-run triumph amid precocious drama.

Batting large Sachin Tendulkar led tributes to the squad and said the prime of cricket connected connection was “absolute goosebumps”.

“Series 2–2, Performance 10/10! SUPERMEN from INDIA! What a win,” the erstwhile India skipper wrote connected X.

India’s Mohammed Siraj celebrates with teammates aft taking the wicket of England’s Jamie Overton during the 5th Test [Paul Childs/Reuters]

England needed 35 runs connected Monday to unafraid a 3-1 bid triumph with 4 wickets successful hand, but Siraj struck 3 times to unafraid a celebrated triumph for his team.

“In a nail-biting, riveting hr of cricket astatine England’s oldest trial lucifer ground, successful characteristically cloudy Olde Blighty weather, India pulled disconnected a historical heist,” the Hindustan Times paper wrote.

An Indian Express header work “Miracles Do Happen” and the paper explained however Gill had stepped up arsenic skipper of a “gun team”.

The Hindu waxed eloquent connected the “Mission accomplished”.

“After 25 days of riveting action, the champion was saved for the past arsenic Shubman Gil’s men rode Mohammed Siraj’s sensational spell to propulsion disconnected a singular victory,” it said.

“It was a litmus trial for an Indian squad successful modulation but the young broadside showed bosom and quality arsenic it fought backmost from pugnacious situations to stock the honours.”

India’s Mohammed Siraj poses aft winning the subordinate of the lucifer grant aft India won the lucifer to gully the Test bid [Paul Childs/Reuters]

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